Pen-holding device.



B. F. STOGSDILL.

PEN HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-27, 1914.

1 1 Q ,85 1 Patented. June 1, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS co., FHOTOLITHU., WASHINGTUN.

rnn-nonmnc DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed January 27, 1914. Serial No. 814,781.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Sroes- DILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen-Holding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

- The present invention relates to improvements in pen holding devices with the primary object in view of providing a plurality of independently detachable pens arranged in such a manner as to enable the quick replacement of a pen which has become corroded or otherwise unusable, or the bodily removal of such pen, said pens being disposed within a container and operable from the exterior of the same to bring each pen successively into a position for use.

In the developmentof my invention it is contemplated to employ a pen holding member, so formed as to hold a number of pens, which is insertible within a shell and held in proper position by means of a core, an actuating member slidingly mounted exterior to the shell being operably connected with the pen holding member to move the same longitudinally of the shell whereby to render a pen disposed therein accessible for use.

Furthermore in carrying out the foregoing arrangement I prefer that the core shall constitute an ink reservoir to supply the pen in operative position with ink, thus forming a fountain pen in which the ordinary writing pen may be used with the advantage of being able to discard said pen when the same becomes useless.

Still a further object of my device is to provide the shell or container hereinbefore mentioned with an interlocking element for the ink reservoir to prevent accidental displacement of the latter, said element also forming a stop 'member for the actuating means for the pen holder to limit its movement in one direction.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention and in assembled condition. Fig. 2 is a similar "view of the core or reservoir for the pens. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the core with the manipulating cap member therefor removed. Fig. 4 is an elevation View of the shell member alone. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the pen holding member; and Fig. 6 is an elevation view of the cap for protecting the pen when extended from the holder. ig. is an enlarged fragmentary view of the device showing more clearly the slot in the shell. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view partly broken away and shown in section to disclose more clearly the association of the lug on the shell with its cooperating parts.

Throughout the following detail description, and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawings and specifically describing my invention, the numeral 1 designates a shell, or tubular member, having formed therein a slot 2 extending longitudinally of the same to points approximate the end portions of said shell. Projecting inwardly of this member is provided an elongated lug 3 located adjacent the right hand end or upper portion of the same, the function of which will be more clearly set forth hereinafter. Slidingly mounted upon the shell 1 is an actuating member or ring 4: having a stud 5 projecting inwardly through the slot 2.

In Fig. 5 is clearly illustrated a pen holding member 6 which consists of a plurality of clamping sections 7 spaced from each other and connected by means of connecting strips or tongues 8, it being understood that this holding member is composed of metallic or other frangible material capable of being broken off at various points indicated 9 directly adjacent to one end of each of the clamping sections 7 These latter sections are curved in conformation and have their longitudinal edges bent upwardly to form clamping flanges 7' at each side, thus enabling the disposition of a plurality of pens on said member, one pen to each clamping section. The last one of these clamping sections, or the end of the strip. is provided with an aperture 10 through which the pin or stud 5 of the ring 4: is adapted to be inserted, for the purpose of drawing this row of pens into the shell by sliding movement of the ring along the latter.

Referring to Fig. 2, 11 indicates a core of suitable material, such as metal or hard rubber, the length of which approximates that of the shell 1 in which said core is adapted to be introduced. The body portion of the core on the upper surface of the same is cut away or reduced asshown most clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings, a flange 12, however, being left at the upper extremity of said 17 which is provided with a longitudinal feeding groove to convey the ink from the reservoir 11 to the pen with which it 00- operates.

The device may be assembled in the following manner. Holding the shell 1 in one hand, having first moved the ring 4 to the end of the same indicated in Fig. 4, the strip or pen holding member 6 in which a plurality of pens has been disposed is intro duced therein and the pin 5 of the ring member insertedin the aperture 10 of said strip. The reservoir 11 in which the feeding tongue 17 and the cap 16 has beeninserted, is then introduced into the shell 1 from the upper end of the same. Said reservoir or core member is passed entirely through the shell until the feeding tongue 17' protrudes from the lower end of the same.

The band 4 is then pushed quickly toward the opposite end of the shell member there by drawing the pen holding member 6' into the shell between the same and the core 11, the reduced upper surface of said core providing a space between the core member and the shell into which the pen holding stripis fed. Contact of the end of the strip" 6 with the lug 3 projecting inwardlyof the shell limits the movement of the strip member in this direction' Pressing on the cap or closure 16, the core is movedfirmly into the end' of the shell until the notch 13 of the flange 12 interlocks with the projecting lug 3, preventing any rotation or displacement figure, protrudes from the holding device hereinbeforedescribed into operative position with respect to the feeding tongue 17 which feeds ink from the reservoir 11 thereto. This pen may be used until it becomes corroded or otherwise useless when it is only necessary to move the ring 4 downwardly until the succeeding pen is properly positioned on the tongue 8, the said clamping sections 7 being broken from the strip-at the I first point indicated by the numeral 9. As

each pen is discardedthe succeeding one is moved into operative posltlon until the strip has been entn'el'y used. A conventional cap 19 is preferably provided to-protect the pro jecting pen. 7 V

Obviously the arrangement described enables the bodily removal ofthe pen holding member or the independent detachment of its clamping sections together with its co}- operating pen. It will also be obvious that any style of the ordinary pen may be employed with this device either in combination to enableit to perform: the function of r a fountain pen, or by the removal-of the feeding tongue 17 the device serves as an ordinary holder for a pen. Attention is to be particularly directed also tothe fact that the reservoir or core member 11 may be'filled with ink from either end by the removal of the tongue 17, or the removal; ofthe manipulating member 16.

Changes may be readily made in the: details of construction, as well as the adaptation of different characters of materialfor slide the same into operative or inoperative V position, and interlocking means positively engaging the core with the shell for preventing accidental displacement of the corewhen in position in the shell. i

2. In a device of the class described-,the combination of a peri holding member, a shell to receive said member, a core adapted to be inserted longitudinally into the shell into coiiperation with the latter to hold the pen holding member in operative position therebetween, means for actuating theholding member to slide the same into operative or inoperative position, and mterlockmg means for preventing accidental displacement of the core when in'position in the shell, said-means forming a stop member for the actuating means aforesaid.

3. In a device of the class described, a movement of the pen holding member into .10 shell, a core insertible therein and formed the shell. With a notched flange, a projection to inter In testimony whereof I afiix my signature look Withf the notch of said flange Itlollilold in presence of tWo Witnesses. the core rom'displacement, a pen 0 ing member disposed between the core and shell, BENJAMIN STOGSDILL' and means for retracting the pen holding Witnesses: member into the shell, said means cooperat- ELIZABETH P. SUMMERSETT, ing With the projection aforesaid to limit BERTHA E. STOGSDILL.

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